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stwissel
Asked: 2011-10-29 05:46:58 +0800 CST

start an application based on extension not protocol (using xdg-open)

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When I do

xdg-open demo.odt

Libre Office opens - as it should. When I do

xdg-open http://askubuntu.com

my browser opens - as it should. But now I'd like to have a command where I do

mime-based-xdg-open http://www.someserver/demo.odt

and Libre Office would open with the URL on the command line. Is there a way to figure out what xdg-open would use for a specific extension or mime-type? Then I could construct a script that does the rest.

gnome

1 Answers

  1. Use

    xdg-mime query default MIMETYPE

    to get your desktop's default app for opening files with mime-type MIMETYPE

    To get the mime-type of file FILE (not an URL) use

    xdg-mime query filetype FILE
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